From a presentation by renowned columnist Erik Andersen on CBC…After BC Hydro made all the IPP contracts Premier Campbell found that California did not consider “run of river” generation green. Not asking California first means BC Hydro made a $40 bi…
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Accidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Royksopp – Here She Comes Again (DJ Antonio Remix)
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I cannot get my head around the idea that my daughter is ten years old.
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Germany: Refugees today, the exploited workers of tomorrow? – Equal Times
Wajdi arrived in Germany a few months ago. He had studied law in Syria. But he was not able to bring his diplomas with him. The only things he still has with him from his home country after his long journey across Europe are his passport and his smartphone. Over a million migrants and asylum… More Germany: Refugees today, the exploited workers of tomorrow? – Equal Times
Warren Kinsella: It just takes willpower. And, occasionally, brute force.
Sloane pins Roxy when rawhide-related New Year’s resolutions get too hard to keep.
Continue readingIn-Sights: Takin’ Care of Business
These charts demonstrate that rewarding influential friends is a prime BC Liberal purpose. Despite a decade of flat…
Posted by Norman Farrell on Friday, January 1, 2016
So, if demand for electricity is flat, even declining, why is BC Hydro, each year, paying hundreds of millions of dollars more for power from independent power producers? Without domestic demand growth, increased purchases from IPPs results in shutting down existing BC Hydro generating capacity. Yes, that’s the cheap power we could be enjoying today.
Note: The figures shown shown here are extracted from BC Hydro’s annual and quarterly reports.
Stuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Professor Emerita Beth Alber honoured with lifetime achievement award
Monday, 7 December 2015 OCAD University Professor Emerita Beth Alber is the 2015 recipient of Craft Ontario’s John and Barbara Mather Award for Lifetime Achievement. This is one of the most prestigious markers of exceptional commitment to the …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your new year.- Paul Krugman points out that as tends to be the case, the U.S.’ modest increase in high-end tax rates in 2013 managed to produce both more fair taxation and strong economic growth.- But Michael Hudson notes tha…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Celebrating Our Harper-Free New Year: The Video.
I was hoping to write a post summing up this momentous year, looking ahead to what might happen in 2016.So I could finally bury the memory of Stephen Harper, to the sight and sound of fireworks.But I was too exhausted, for it was a rollercoaster of a …
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Canada 2016: Love and Lemonade.
A new year and there are no complaints. The year is much too young and it offers too many opportunities to us. We want to think of 2016 as a lemonade year. Every lemon dealt to you is an opportunity to make better lemonade. Canada is such a beautiful country. It also has a Loonie […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gaslighting: Know it when you see it.
A big hearty frack you goes out to the mind games and other assorted BS that goes on society. If you see it, acknowledge it and name it for what it is. You won’t make friends, but life too short to hang around people who deviously manipulate other people. Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Definitions, […]
wmtc: happy new year from wmtc
Whatever your moodthis holiday seasonI wish youa year full of of joy, love, and good health……friendship, peace, and solidarity.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday New Year’s Musical Interlude – Perspective
Thank you to all who have made it into the New Year and let us pause in brief remembrance of those that will not be joining us in 2016. I can think of no other piece to feature other than this one. It stands alone in its majesty and meaning. I’m not going to big-word-barf […]
Alberta Politics: Happy New Year! In 2016, let’s improve workplace safety, forgive student loans and pull the plug on daylight savings
PHOTOS: Happy New Year! Wouldn’t 2016 be a great time to start allowing the sale of beer, wine and liquor in safe, clean and unionized Alberta grocery stores? Below: Saskatchewan CCF Premier Tommy Douglas and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson, w…
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